Deborah Schander is Research Services Librarian/Lecturer in Law at the Alyne Queener Massey Law Library at Vanderbilt Law School. Previously, she was the Coordinator of Digital Projects and Outreach at Georgia State University College of Law in Atlanta, Georgia. Deborah teaches general legal research courses for 1Ls, and an upper level course on Transnational Legal Research. She received her JD and MLIS from Florida State University in 2007. She is an active member of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), including its southeastern (SEAALL) chapter.

David E. Matchen, Jr. (J.D., M.L.I.S.), is the Head of Circulation at the University of Baltimore Law Library, where he also serves as part of the library’s team of reference librarians. Prior to joining UB in 2008, David practiced law in Illinois with a concentration in admiralty and transportation matters. When not troubleshooting or unearthing arcana, David is an instructor for the newly-endowed Fannie Angelos Program for Academic Excellence, and also preps students for the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) and the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). David is a past board member of the Law Library Association of Maryland, and presently serves as the Vice-President/President-Elect of the University’s Library Faculty Senate.

Lisa A. Goodman is the Interim Assistant Dean for the Law Library & Information Technology Services at Louisiana State University’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center Library, a position she has held since 2012. She was previously Head of Public Services at the Dee J. Kelly Law Library at Texas Wesleyan (now Texas A&M) University School of Law and before that an attorney with the Detroit firm of Dickinson Wright PLLC. She has taught both first-year and advanced legal research classes. Lisa holds a JD and MLIS from Wayne State University, a BS from Eastern Michigan University, and a BA from the University of Michigan.  She is active in the American Association of Law Libraries including service as the 2013-2014 CONELL Committee Chair and the 2015-2016 Black Caucus Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect.  She is a member of the State Bar of Michigan. 

Robin Kundis Craig has been appointed to a National Research Council Committee on the Mississippi River and the Clean Water Act. She is the author of numerous articles on environmental law, most of which focus on water, the oceans, and the Clean Water Act. Thomason/West published her textbook on environmental law, Environmental Law in Context, in Spring 2005. Professor Craig is also the author of The Clean Water Act and the Constitution, published by the Environmental Law Institute in late 2004.

James Charles Smith is the John Byrd Martin Professor of Law at the University of Georgia, where he has taught since 1985. He specializes in property, real estate transactions, and commercial law. He earned a bachelor's degree from St. Olaf College and a law degree from the University of Texas. After serving as law clerk for Judge Walter Ely of the Ninth Circuit, Smith practiced law for four years with the law firm of Baker Botts in Houston, Texas. From 1982 to 1985 he taught at the Ohio State University College of Law.

He is author of numerous articles and five books (Contracts and Conveyances of Real Property, Federal Taxation of Real Estate, Neighboring Property Owners, and two casebooks). An avid runner, Smith has participated in the Boston Marathon on five occasions between 1981 and 2002.

Jesse Bowman is the Electronic Research, Technology, and Instructional Services Librarian at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Valparaiso University, a Juris Doctor from Creighton University School of Law, and a Master of Library Science from Indiana University School of Library and Information Science. Prior to joining Northwestern in 2014, Jesse was the Digital Services Librarian at Valparaiso University School of Law.

Ronald Wheeler is the Director of the Fineman and Pappas Law Libraries at Boston University School of Law. He formerly held library director positions at Suffolk University Law School John Joseph Moakley Law Library and the University of San Francisco School of Law and associate directorships at the Georgia State University College of Law Library in Atlanta, GA., and at the University of New Mexico School of Law Library in Albuquerque, NM. He received his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School and his M.L.I.S. from Wayne State University. He has taught both first year legal research and advanced legal research courses. Ron has written numerous articles on legal research and law library management. Ron is active in the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) and is currently on their Executive Board, the Northern California Association of Law Libraries (NOCALL), and the Western Pacific Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries (WestPac). He has held numerous elected offices and chaired several committees in the above mentioned organizations.

Kerry Lohmeier is the Head of Public Services at the James E. Faust Law Library, S.J. Quinney College of Law, where she has worked since 2015. She received her B.A. from Iowa State, her J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law, and her Masters in Information Science from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. She teaches basic and advanced legal research. Before coming to Utah, Kerry worked as the Public Services Librarian at Concordia University School of Law in Boise, Idaho.